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Staging a home to sell is paramount in real estate. Alot of people cannot imagine a home with their belongings in it unless they see an example. Follow the five easy steps below and watch your real estate sell quickly.
Five Steps To Staging A Home
1. Clear the clutter.
2. Remove personal items.
3. Create a flow from room to room.
4. Tackle home improvements.
5. Create curb appeal.
Mounds of mail and books piled high on tables distract from a rooms positive features. If you have the time throw junk mail away. Then organize the remaining documents, bills, etc. in a file cabinet or drawer that is out of sight of potential buyers. Bills and mail can make you feel anxious and overwhelmed and you don’t want to pass that feeling onto the buyers. If you do not have time before the house is to be shown then pack it into boxes or some similar container that can be stored out of view.
Clear the clutter
Magazines, newspapesr, books, etc. will have the same affect as junk mail to someone who does not live in the home. Libraries are a great place to recycle these types of items that are no longer needed.
Closets are always a large consideration when purchasing a home. Organize those closets! Put all like things together and use this opportunity to take excess clothes and shoes to a resale-it shop, Goodwill, or the Salvation Army. Pack out of season items away for the time being. The less clutter in your closets the bigger they look.
CD’s, movies, video games, etc. need to be packed up as much as possible. The buyer is not in your home to shop for electronics and things they are there to see if your home fits their needs.
Remove personal items
Staging a house to sell does not include all the grandkids’ pages they have colored on the front of the refrigerator. In addition, it also doesn’t include personal family photos. Even though people need furniture and other home décor to help them visualize themselves living there they can’t do it with your photos of family and friends on the walls and tables.
Replace as many items like this as you can with wall art and framed photography. You don’t need to buy new things necessarily. You can look in your attic, basement, or the garage and probably find just exactly what you need. Just because you have a landscape picture stored away because you were tired of it doesn’t mean someone else would be. Get it out again as long as it’s not outdated. That could be a negative if it is obviously from a different era than your home or décor. There are great sites that offer free images you can download and print on your home computer and frame with frames you already own. A website we recommend is at Natures Thumbprint
Try to make the home as neutral as possible when it comes to personalizing it to sell. You want to appeal to as many buyers as you can.
Create a flow from room to room.
Nothing screams chopped up more than every room looking like a completely different place on earth. If you have Dad’s stuffed elk on the wall in the family room with his camouflage recliner then walk into the dining room and Mom has decorated it with the best Queen Anne dining set and heavy drapes, you will confuse the buyer. Try to bring the rooms together decoratively as best you can.
Paint is one of the cheapest way to accomplish a cohesive flow throughout a home. Paint is also one of the cheapest improvements with the biggest impact. It can set the mood in a room and as well as create the feel of being new and clean.
A great trick is always to add something new throughout. Sometimes this can be as simple as dish towels on the kitchen counter, or inexpensive sheer curtains, and don’t forget area rugs.
Tackle home improvements.
Pay attention to detail. If you’re screens are hanging off the doors or windows they are very inexpensive to replace but expensive to keep in terms of getting the sale or not.
Likewise, small things like lightbulbs burnt out when a buyer is wanting to look around a room or in a closet can tell them you don’t care about your home and maybe they shouldn’t either.
If you have been used to living with having to hold the handle down for a bit to flush the toilet a buyer isn’t going to be so forgiving. Replace it. It’s an easy fix and an inexpensive one.
Walk around your home with a pen and paper and make note of all the little things you’re used to ignoring and get them fixed.
Create curb appeal.
Curb appeal is the first impression you will make on your buyer the second they set eyes on your property. Make it count. Clean up the yard, porches and outbuildings. If it is the right time of year you can add color and not break the bank by adding budget friendly annuals from your local greenhouse or department store.
A fresh coat of paint on lawn furniture creates a feeling and you want them to get the feeling they could live in your home and be happy. Pull weeds if needed or clear walkways in the winter of snow and ice. Paint the mailbox even if it’s looking worn.
Cheap containers are great to hold flowers in the summer or small evergreens in the winter to set around patios and porches. You want to create an atmosphere of comfort and of welcoming.
Curb appeal is your first chance to be successful when you stage your house to sell. Once inside clean, tidy, organized rooms will help seal the deal. Third is pricing your home to sell and you can rely on your realtor for that.
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